Chapter 2: Chapter 2: A Hero is Born P2
A few months after the devil incident a strange man appeared at the house he came to see my parents before they started talking they sent me to my room. while they talked I realised that this man probably had something to do with me being sold so I began pack all my important stuff in a bag and hid it under my bed. They soon called me out of my room, the man then inspected me for a few minutes, which was really uncomfortable, walking around me and then stoped in front of me and told my parents he would be back in a few days. This confirmed my suspicions and I was now ninety percent sure it was time that my parent were gonna sell me.
For the next few days my parents were nicer than usual and actually treated me like a proper child of their's. On the day the man arrived again they told me I would be going with the man. He then put his hand on my should, handed over a brief case to them and led me to the car. As we drove off I could see tears in my mother's eyes as she watched me go, but my father just looked happy at the content of the brief case.
As we drove in the car I kept going over my plan in my head trying to account for any thing that could go wrong. I had intended to be sold for two reasons. The first was because when the man came to our house I felt something was off about him and I wanted to know why me. He was paying a lot of money for a malnourished eight year old boy so he clearly was not gonna sell me for child labour. While my father was a piece of shit he would not have sold me if he was not getting a lot of money from it as I had shown excellent marks at school and my parents were told by my teachers that I was genius with a lot of potential so he would not have sold me off so easily. The man who bought me must have be a reason that he wants me and it's definitely not for the normal reasons one buys and sells kids. I suspect he has something to do with the supernatural and he may have realised that I have a sacred gear. But even if he doesn't I still intend to kill everyone involved in this, as like any normal person I hate the concept of slavery. Once I reached their base I intend to kill everyone there and find out more information.
We drove to a private airport and boarded a plane once we got into the plane I was immediately sedated. When I woke up next I was in a cage in the cargo hold of the plane with a bout 2 of other kids who were all staying as close to the wall as possible. Once the plane landed we were all brought out of the cage and made to walk to the hanger of the airport we landed in. As we walked observe my surrounding and I could see about 5 people working at computers and another two men standing at the door. The child traffickers then directed us to a cell in the back of the hanger.
While sitting there for about an hour I used the time to formulate a new plan as I had not accounted for the fact that they maybe more children. Once I had accounted for everything I got my plan ready. I summoned my spear amd and proceeded to quietly destroy the lock of the cell.
I turn back to the kids inside "Wait here I'll be back in a few minutes."
I then proceeded out and kill all the men in the hanger and wait for the man who brought me here to come back to the hanger as it seemed he had left.
After a few minutes he arrived back at the hanger and I jumped him and held the spear to his throat. "Why are you and why are you kidnap children?" I asked. "I didn't expect the the true Longinus to spear her in China." He said confirming my suspicions that he was kidnapping kids for their sacred gears. "Who do you work for?" I asked him. "Why should I tell you that? It not like your gonna kill me kid." he said.
I then point to the corpses of his cronies lying in the corner of the room which I had placed there so that he would not get suspicions before I jumped him. "I'm being dead serious tell me who you work for and I'll make your death quick." I said while he realised that I wasn't joking around and would kill him or torture him. Realising he has no other option he stabs himself through the throat on my spear. While I'm reeling in shock from what happened he dies before I could get anything from him.
After getting over the shock of what just happened from me killing people to the guy killing himself on my spear. I line all there bodies up and disintegrate them with the holy Light energy from the Lance leaving no trace of anything except there blood which I clean up with one of the workers jacket. Once that was done I made sure to take all the hard drives form the computers and then store them in a bag I found which already contained the phone of the person that bought me. I then went to the back and brought the kids out of the cell and brought them food which I found in the fridge.
We then went into the city Shanghai as it seems that that was the closest one to the airport we were at. I then left the kids at an orphanage in the city and headed for the mountain with my backpack containing the phone and hard drives along with some food and clothes. I then started my journey home.
Once I reached home I snuck into my room through the window which I had left open before I was taken and retrieved my bag from under my bed. I then took one last look at the house and jumped out the window steeling my resolve and heading for the mountains.
After living off the land in the mountains for three months I could say I was tired of it. While staying in the mountains allowed me to train more constantly honing my spearmanship and martial arts it got lonely after the first month. Initial I though I could do without human interaction, me being the anti-social weeb/nerd I was in my last life, but I was still left wish for human interaction after a while. It gave me a new appreciation for human contact.
One day after practicing my skills I was sitting down to meditate while doing so I began concentrating on my surroundings trying to feel what was around me with out looking with my eyes. As I sat there for what felt like for ever I began to feel something different about my perception of the surroundings describing this feeling would be like trying to explain what a colour looked like to a blind person. But what I was feeling was the mana in the surrounding area which led me to believe I had now accessed the ability to feel mana in the surrounding area. Feeling pleased that I developed a new and extremely helpful skill I got up and realised that almost 10 hours had gone and it was night time already.
The following day I headed out to hunt for food at night when I came across a died creatures on the floor. Upon closer inspection it didn't look like any normal creature, I then looked at it again and realised that it was qilin. When inspecting its neck it had two bite marks on it and the body looked like it had been sucked dry. I only know one type of powerful creature that could do that, a vampire.
I then immediately followed the tracks left by the vampire trying to find out what a vampire is doing in China. After searching for a bit I found a clearing where a person was feeding on something on the floor. I then looked closer to see that it was the vampire feeding on another creature.
After following it for an hour I he was headed to a cave in a mountain but before he enter he stopped and stood in place for half a second before he turned around and bolted at me at high speed. Bearly comprehending what I was perceiving I immediately reacted and manifested my spear using it to block the attack. The force of the the attack pushed me back a few centimetres and dislocated my left arm.
"Aaaahhhhh" the screams of the vampire could be heard from miles away due to it coming into contact with my Longinus. I then immediately dashed forward as fast as possible and slashed the disoriented vampire across the neck which led to its end.
I then fell to the floor and began panting I hear foot step approaching me and immediately stood up and turned in the direction of the noise.
"Hoho, how interesting to thinks I would see such an unique specimen simply by going for a walk in the mountain of China" Said a stranger that seemed to come from everywhere around me.
Before a I could question the identity of my interlocutor something appeared in front me. It was as tall as me, covered in golden fur, wearing monks clothings and looked like a…
"A monkey ?" I said out loud The old monkey, yes old I could see his wrinkled face, hit me in the top of my head "Argh" I cried in pain. "Not a mere monkey, the King Of Monkeys. Give some respect to your elders brat" said the so-called King Of monkeys scathingly.
'Wait did he say Monkey king. Don't tell me he is … ?' I thought with a look of recognition on my face.
"Ho it seems that you recognize me" said The Victorious Fighting Buddha who is as tall as elementary school child.
"You are Sun Wukong, The Great Sage Equaling the Heaven" I said in astonishment and taking a few steps back.
"Yes, yes I am but I am not here to talk about me. Tell me what is your name boy?" asked the Monkey King.
I was proud to say that it only tooks only a few seconds for me to regain my bearing despite the shit dropping fear I felt at this moment.
"My name is Cao Cao" I said with all the courage I could gather at this moment.
"Cao Cao huh so I was right you really are the descendant of Cao Cao Mengde, The Hero of Chaos but also the Wielder of The Strongest Longinus." said Sun Wukong looking at me intently.
"…" I gulped under his inspection.
"Well I have seen something interesting today but it's time to go back home. See ya boy" Said the old monkey turning his back on me and preparing himself to leave .
'What ?! That's it !' I thought dumfounded.
"Wait don't leave" Came out of my mouth without thinking.
"Mmmh someting else to add boyo?" And it was at this moment that I got the craziest of all ideas. So crazy was my idea that it tooks a few seconds for my brain to reboot.
"Well?" He asked again.
It was a chance of a lifetime I realised. If I get this pass through my fingers I'll regret it all my life. A chance to finally leave this blasted village and become stronger, stronger than anyone. So this is why I bowed to him and asked. "Please, take me as your disciple Mister Wukong!" 'Shit Why did I say Mister it's not appropriate for this setting' I thought trying to calm my nerves.
"Why?" He simply said.
"Eh?" came out my intelligent answer.
"Why should I take you as my disciple ? I already have one in my descendant Bikou and it's too much work. You are a Hero descendant and Wielder of the True Longinus but if you thinks that is enough to take you as my disciple the you are greatly mistaken. So why should I take you with me?" asked The Great Sage seriously fo the first time.
I thought for a few seconds and I realised I didn't have to, I already have my answer.
"I have a dream, a goal that I want to accomplish in this world no matter what. I wish….I wish to protect people like me people, humans like me who were unfortunate or fortunate enough to enter the supernatural world. These people who are seen as potential slaves by the devils or tools of God by the Church. I will create a safe haven for these people but also for the outcast of societies like the halfbreed and innocent Strays who were accused wrongly. I will welcome any and all and protect them so that they could live a life of peace ! This is my dream ! And to accomplish that goal I need to be strong stronger than anyone so please make me strong" I said passionately with an hand on top of my heart.
Sun Wukong looked at me with half lidded eyes as if he was looking at me for the first time.
"This is a faction that you wish to create, a faction for humans and outcasts of the supernatural world. It's impossible. Do you really think that you could succeed in this endeavor of yours?". "Even so, even if it is impossible I still want to try and besides isn't humanity known to achieve the impossible" I said cheekily.
He looked at me for a few seconds with a look of suprise for the first time in our conversation and he bursted out in laughter. He fell on his back and started laughing with tears on his eyes. Honestly I was kind of insulted. Is he mocking my dream, that old geezer ?
"HAHAHAHHAHA Th-that's right your race I-I forgot how your race were always the ones who could suprise me. Tru-truly mankind is a race of unlimited potential. The only one who could birth Heroes. It seems, after all this time, I have forgotten this basic aspect of humanity. No not only me but every supernatural species" Said the Old sage trying to regain control on his laughter.
I continued to look at him seriously with my hand on top of my heart and waited for his answer.
"Very well, you can come with me young Cao Cao. I will teach you but know that my training is not for the faint of heart" he said with a smile on his face.
I was elated. I was going to become the disciple of the Victorious Fight Buddha, Sun Wukong. Just thinking of everything I'm going to learn like Senjutsu and Touki is enough to make me giddy.
"Thank you Shifu!" I said with with excitement and gratitude clear in my voice.
"Don't get too excited on me brat, now get on." said the Monkey King pointing the giant yellow cloud right next to me.
"Now get on. Destination, India!" And this is how my Hero's Journey began.
Author's notes :
Thank you all for reading.
This Is my first time writing so please leave constructive criticism so that I can improve.
Till next time peace.
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